SENATE BILL 215

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

INTRODUCED BY

John Arthur Smith

AN ACT

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT; AMENDING THE PROCUREMENT CODE TO APPLY EXISTING DESIGN AND BUILD PROJECT DELIVERY AUTHORITY FOR ROAD AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS TO FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 13-1-119.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2009, Chapter 207, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "13-1-119.2. DESIGN AND BUILD PROCUREMENT FOR CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.--Notwithstanding any prohibition on road and highway construction or reconstruction projects in Section 13-1-119.1 NMSA 1978, the department of transportation may use a design and build project delivery system pursuant to Section 13-1-119.1 NMSA 1978 for projects with a maximum allowable construction cost of more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) funded in whole or in part by [the grants programs of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009] federal-aid highway funds."

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